Awaited meeting between Tsipras and Merkel in Berlin

Greek and German leaders, Alexis Tsipras and Angela Merkel meet on Monday afternoon, while Athens is facing a financial emergency.

According to the Financial Times, Alexis Tsipras warned German Chancellor in a letter that Greece could default on certain repayments without the next installment of funds from its creditors.

"We have a conflict between on the one hand a democratic mandate to change the economic and social policy, and secondly, the requirements to run the economy smoothly in a project of economic integration, broader, namely the unification of Europe, "explained analyst Dimitris Sotiropoulos Greek.

The fact that Athens demanded in Berlin reparations for the occupation of Greece by the Nazis during World War II also fueling the tension.

71% of Germans are opposed to the payment of reparations to Greece.